A quick Freebie post.

Not given a freebie for a while, so here is another of my medalin's for any who would like it. Hope you'll enjoy using it. 

I'd appreciate a comment if you take it and please direct others to my blog rather than passing it on to them. Also the usual, don't pass it off as your own. 

Training in Opulence

This may seem a strange card for a young girl, but she loves steam trains - more recently taken an interest in steam canal boat, but I went with what I had lol. It's for the same child I made the bookmark in the last post. 

I wanted to try and give it a look of the opulence of the steam age...so red mirror card and a lot of yellow to match the trims on the train. It is all a lot brighter than the scan shows. My David Bailey failed me with this one and all his pix were fuzzy - maybe he's getting fed up with what seems to be turning into a full time job for him lol. 

A side view so you can see all the layers

                                                  

And one of my handmade paper flower

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Receipe...

Decoupage - CraftsUprint

Ribbon - Do Crafts

Flower - Handmade

Border Die-cut - Marianne Designs

Cardstock, Stickers & gems - Stash.

I'd like to enter the following Challenges -

Card Makin Momas ... Embellish it

Fussy and Fancy Friday ... Card/project for a child

Aud Sentiments Challenge ... Sentiment/Card for a Child

Do You Stack Up Challenge ... Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Critter Sketch Challenge ... Fancy Folds 

My Partner In Crafting Crime ... Layer it Up

Bookmarking Moment

My first ever bookmark of this type, but I'm going to make others. I saw the idea on Tracey Payne's Blog Crafeezee, in fact it was my choice of top pick on Ambers Crafts and Stuff a couple of weeks ago. You can see her inspiring creation here. It's for the granddaughter of a friend...she's not having a good time, poor mite. 

My image is a Mo's Digital, The betweener, and coloured with promarkers. I'm using the flicking method of colouring now...as opposed to making little circular movements....as demonstrated in the tutorial by Annika of Another Messy Crafter. She is doing a series of tutes using Copic's, but the techniques the thing for me. A real must see for beginners and otherwise. 

My flowers are recycled from a flower arrangement I had years ago. Lupin or foxglove-ie type flowers that I pulled apart....and put back together in my own weird way lol. 

Colours used. 

Tan, Vanilla & Blush for skin.

Burnt Umber, chestnut, Cocoa & Terrecotta for hair

Rose, Dusky & Pastel Pink

Oatmeal & Soft Peach. 

I don't need to tell you about the blender pen I used to clean up mistakes do I lol. 

Receipe...

Image - Mo's Digital

DP's - Basic Grey (striped)

Craft Creations (inspiring words)

Ribbon - Marianne Designs

Die Cut - Nestie Wonky Square

Colourant - Promarkers

Flowers - Recycled

Gem - Stash. 

Inspiration - Tracey Payne

I'd like to enter the following. 

Creative Craft Challenge ... Bookmarks

Fresh Brewed Challenges ... Flowers

The Paper Shelter ... Anything Goes 

Papertake Weekly ... Anything goes with optional Something new

 ( 1st time making this kind of book mark + sentiment DP.)

Karens Doodles ... Fancy and Feminine

The Crafty Pad ... Flowers

Stamping Sisters In Christ ... Card/Project for a child

CES Challenges ... Children

A Study In Red.

Yes I'm trying for CAS again. This week at Less is More they are asking for a Touch Of Red. I'm quite pleased with how this turned out...whether it's CAS or not.....No, I'm lying....I love this card lol. 

My butterfly is cut in holographic card using a Marianne Designs die, my card-stocks and stickers are all from stash. My Sketch is Unscripted Sketches #100...great sketch. 

I'd like to enter a few challenges ...

Less Is More - A Touch Of Red

Unscripted Sketches - Sketch 

Creative Cottage Challenge - White/Blank Spaces

Flutterby Wednesday - Open Challenge - Must use Butterfly, Angel or Fairy

Some Odd Girl - CAS 

Amber's Crafts & Stuffs #4 Challenge. A New Technique.

I love trying new techniques, it what the challenges are all about afterall....learning and stretching ourselves. I've learnt so much in my few short months in blogland. I've wanted to give this Spotlighting Technique a try for a while so with our new challenge over at Amber's Crafts and Stuff being to Try A New Technique...I couldn't hold back any longer could I.  I really love the look it gives to a card.

It was my very first time using a crop-e-dile too, which is why you see the little ribbon embellishment next to my eyelet....it's to disguise the hole I cut in wrong place : D!!!

 I've used the adorable little Housemouse stamps again, and coloured my second layer in slightly darker colours to make the 'spotlight's' pop a little more...I also outlined them in red promaker. My images are coloured in pencils crayons though...just for a change.

As you can see I've used another of  my crochet roses, and gave it some crocheted leaves and a couple of tendrils too. 

Below is the sketch I used.  I've got this labeled as Lynns Sketch, it's by Quirky Crafts Challenge, and ran a few weeks ago. 

Now I'm sure you all  have a technique or two you've been itching to have a go at.....so go ahead and join us in the challenge here 

My Receipe -

Image ...House Mouse Designs

DP's and Sticker Sentiment - Craft Creations

Colourant - WH Smith Blendable Pencils

promarker to outline.

Ribbon & eyelets - Stash 

Sketch - Quirky Crafts

Crochet flower - Handmade.

A few Challenges I've entered...

Claudia & Co - Monochromatic

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes with optional  Something New (technique, Papers, Cop-e-dile)

The Stamping Boutique - Handmade Flowers 

Catch The Bug Challenge - Anything Goes 

Craft Your Days Away - Spots and Stripes

Marks Finest Papers - Spotlight an Animal on Your Card

One Stop Craft Challenge - Spots and Dots 

I Got A Round Tuit #1

Jill over at Creating My Way To Success is challenging us to Get A Round Tuit ...see badge in my sidebar. My first project has been to finish this panda I was making for my grandson....all it needed was his ears - just his ears, and then of course, sewing and stuffing etc. 

The most troublesome part of this had been his head, seriously, and without exaggeration, this is his 19th head. I just could not get it right. My grandson would come and ask if his panda was finish and I'd have to say no, and tell him how many head's he had got up to lol. Then finally I got his head on - came to a complete stop.....and Jack has long since stopped asking for him. 

Now I know he's a little long in the snout for a panda...but I didn't know that till he was stuffed, and I don't care, and neither will Jack. I didn't intentionally make him a panda cub either, but that's how he turned out and I think he's cute. 

By the way, if panda's don't have tails....please don't tell me lol.  

Amber's Crafts and Stuff #3 April Flowers.

Our challenge at Amber's Crafts and Stuff this week is to use flowers, probably you'd have guessed that, well, flowers or maybe girly or pink lol. Pink is my favourite colour and I do think I've been pretty restrained using it in my challenges...I really let myself go here lol. The decoupage image is Dufex, on a background of mulberry paper that I've given a scattering of pink pearls. A pink chiffon bow with a pearl too. 

The double layered butterfly is another from the set my aunt bought for me. You can see a little of the ric-rak, over ribbon and a satin border. ... and a flower pearl. I have more satin border, with paper lace over it on the card edge. 

 My tags are stamped with Especially for You; With bunches of Love, in a pink pearl ink, embellished with lots of ribbons and some flower pearls.

 I cut my flower from some bits of the mulberry papers - about 6 layers I think - using the tiny wonky square by nestie. A few of my hand made fancy pins, and a pearl glued to a petal to finish it off. Hope you can see the paper  lace flower edging. 

Hope you like it and it's inspired you to get out your flowers and join us in the challenge this week. You'll find other inspiration from my team mates on the blog here

My Receipe...

Decoupage - Dufex

Chiffon Ribbon and ric-rak  - 

Mulberry flower & fancy pins - home made.

Everything else - Stash

I'd like to enter the following Challenges...

Anything Goes Challenge - Make Your Own Embellishments(stick pins and tissue flower) 

Clear It Out Challenge - Flowers, Flowers & More Flowers. 

Karen Doodles Netherlands - Make Your Own Embellishments (pins & Flower)

Ladybut Crafts Ink TLT challenges - Handmade Flowers

Party Time Tuesday - Handmade Flowers

The Stamping Boutique - Handmade Flowers

Tuesday Throwndown - Florals

Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight - Decoupage (with my Favourite,  dufex)

House Of Gilli - Ribbons & Pearls

Scrappy Frogs - Flowers & Lace (paper lace on edging) 

2 Sisters - Make Your Own Embellishments (pins & Flower)

Delicious Doodles Challenges - Floral Fantasy

Wolfishly Thanking You.

I've made this Thank you Card for a friend who kindly popped round in his lunch hour to help me out with my laptop. He couldn't fix it, but was able to identify the problem...that's half way there isn't it...and at least I know it's not continual pilot error lol. 

It's a deckel edged card but unfortunately the scanner cut it off, the Card stock is bronze linen textured. I decided to leave the image uncoloured...why mess with perfection eh!!. I edged around it with gold promaker, and layered with some bronze paper, embossed with gold dots. 

I used a little more of the embossed paper to decorate the inside, and added Thank You sticker, that I'd coloured with gold promarker again. 

My Receipe..

Sketch - Less is More 

Cardstock and Embossed paper - Craft Creations.

White Cardstock - Tesco

Image - Gingerloft.

Colourant - Gold Promarker

I'd Like to enter the following -

Less is More ... Sketch  DL Card

Card for Men ... Embossing (embossed paper)

Make it Monday ... Anything Goes 

Paper Playtime ... Anything  Goes

Woodware USA Clear Stamps ... Clean & Simple.

Sympathy in Greens

I've just had to make another sympathy card. This is for a friend who has lost her daughter to Sickle Cell. Everyone is very distressed about it, it's so sad. 

I've always found green very soothing and I've discovered I rather like it for Sympathy cards...though hoping I don't have to make any more for a while. The image is from the Help For Katie bundle, by Floral Thoughts. My colouring inspiration is from my friend Ulini who has the most beautiful photos on her blog of Gerber Daisy's her husband bought her...check them out here

 Some Close Ups 

Promarkers I used..

Olive, Marsh, Moss, & Pear Green, with Lime Green to outline

Red, Burnt Orange & Peach.

 I've recently found that I had some seam binding amongst all the ribbons I'd hoarded from my time making ribbon roses. I used to add them to the cross stitch designs I did. I'm loving them all crinkled up...makes a change for trying to get them nice and smooth lol.

Faceted 'gems' 

Fancy brad from a set my Aunt bought me. 

My Receipe...

DP's - Create & Craft .. Boy Oh Boy

Twelveby 12 .. Flower Collection

Colourants - Promarkers

Brad - V & A Handoverian Epoxy Collection.

Seam Binding & Gems - Stash

Inspiration - Ulini at Apricot Bubbles 

I'd like to enter the following challenges 

Creative Inspiration ...Inspired by Flowers 

Gingerloft ... Die Cuts or Punches 

Lets Ink It Up ... Die Cuts or Punches 

Cardmadfairy ... Back To Nature

Crafty Purple Frog... Go Green

Do You Stack Up ... Shine On 

Little Miss Muffet... Brad's, Gems or Pearls. 

Sassy Studio Designs ... Bloomin' Beautiful

Lady don't bug nature

I made this ATC for a Swap last month and forgot to actually post it till now....just shows how forgetful I am, because I really love this one.  I've used quite a few digis, all from Digi Doodle Shops Best.... I wanted a layered look. I coloured him with promarkers and all the flowers and leaves are glittered up. I shaped the tree half frame with a ball tool and used pinflair gel (don't like smell of ordinary silcone glue) to raise it up. 

A couple of Close-ups 

My receipe...

Images ...Digi Doodle Shops Best.

Lady Bug; Ribbon Scroll; Tree & Vine.

Colourant ...Promarkers & Sakura 

Sentiment...My own poor brain. 

I'd Like to find a few challenges that will have me.

Wee Memories..Anything Goes  

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days...Back To Nature

Card Making Moma's...Animals 

Delicious Doodles...Floral Fantasy 

Phindy's Place...All About Animals

Totally Papercrafts...Cute & Cuddly

Southern Girls Challenge...Add an Animal

Crafts and Me...Anything Goes

Scrapbook Sisters...Anything Goes